To appreciate the extraordinary journey and career Kieran Donaghy underwent before announcing his inter-county retirement yesterday on the 17th anniversary of 9/11, it’s worth rewinding to where he was when those planes crashed into those towers.

"I can definitely see him successfully managing Kerry teams in the future," said Éamonn Fitzmaurice.

He’s a poet, bet you didn’t even know it

The level of scrutiny Gaelic footballers are subjected to is taking the enjoyment out of the game, according to Kieran Donaghy.

“Am I good enough to wear number 14 for Kerry next year? That’s what I have to prove.” Kieran Donaghy thought he was finished in a Kerry jersey. The pain of defeat by Mayo bit deep but he has always found a way of twisting pain to his own ends. And he has always loved to prove people wrong.

Donaghy, who turns 35 next March, entered the past three seasons expecting each one to be his last, but he was one of Kerry’s best performers again in 2017.

Kieran Donaghy is on board with the Kerry footballers for 2018, the four-time All Ireland winner has confirmed to Examiner Sport.

Donaghy has revealed how he felt Kerry failed to match Mayo’s aggression and mastery of the dark arts.

Kieran Donaghy looked like he went to sleep in Dunboyne on Saturday night and woke up in Croke Park back in 2006, such was the terror he was inflicting on that Galway full-back line in the first half.

Kieran Donaghy’s call-up to the Irish basketball squad will not impinge on his involvement with the Kerry footballers this summer.

Former Footballer of the Year Kieran Donaghy has been named on 20 man national senior men's basketball squad.

Mike Quirke gives his view of the lax protection given to some of the GAA’s top stars.

“What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch. We shook hands and that was the end of it.”

"They can look different from angles. Okay, his hand is probably in somewhere where it shouldn't be."

Kieran Donaghy has been named at full-forward to face Tyrone on Sunday.

Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy insists inter-county defenders are the ones most likely to engage in sledging.

"Contrary to reports in the media today I am already looking at new opportunities in employment."

Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy defended the performance of referee Eddie Kinsella in the wake of Sunday’s fiery league encounter with Dublin, insisting the Laois official was justified in flashing 12 cards.

New Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy will make his first competitive start of the year in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin in Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

All-Ireland Club finalists Slaughtneil revealed Kerry star Kieran Donaghy sent a message of goodwill to Christopher Bradley for the shoulder tackle which may rule him out of the final on St Patrick’s Day.

Kieran Donaghy says Kerry’s achievement in winning an All-Ireland this year was "unbelievable" in light of the loss of a number of senior players to injury and retirement last season.

By Tony Leen